Combination pen and time piece



Sept. 27, 1955 l. FLORMAN COMBINATION PEN AND TIME PIECE Filed Sept. 30, 1953 United States Patent COMBINATION PEN AND. TIME PIECE IrvingE-lorman, New-York, N. Y.

Application September 30, 1953, Serial No. 383,240

4 Claims. (Cl. 58-80)' This invention relates toa. combination watch and writing implement, more particularly, it relates to a writing implement provided with a pocket clip to which a watch is affixed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide means affording winding the watch automatically when the writing implement is engaged and/or disengaged from its support for writing purposes.

It is another object of this invention to provide means ensuring safe retention of the clip of the writing implement on its support, even if said clip becomes loose or is spread a considerable distance from the support, so that the same is not sufficiently clamped and compressed by said clip.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means facilitating the disposition of a watch on a suitable implement or holder, which simultaneously serves another useful purpose.

It is still a further object of the invention to provide means increasing the weight of the writing implement and permitting location of said weight so that the center of gravity of said implement may be varied or positioned at will.

It is still another object of the invention to provide means rendering the possibility of exposing the watch readily to view, when writing or otherwise using the implement during oflice or like work.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide means combining a watch with a writing implement, whereby said watch forms an ornamental part of said implement, thereby increasing the saleability and usefulness of the latter.

These and other advantages will become apparent from the description of the invention which follows, and by reference to the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the combination watch and writing implement as applied to a pocket;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 22 of Fig. 1.

In the drawing, represents an elongated holder for or casing enclosing a ball point pen, the point of which may be retracted and projected by means of plunger 11. Clip 12 is affixed to the body of pen 10 in a conventional manner. To the free end of the clip, watch casing 13 is secured by welding, soldering, or the like. The watch crown 14 is attached to the watch at its side and lies in a plane substantially perpendicular to that of the face of the watch. The assembled elements 10-14, inclusive, are secured to a support such as pocket 15 by the action of the clip 12 in the direction of the body of the pen or like implement.

As can be seen in Fig. 2, a portion of the clip adjacent the free end is spaced from the implement and the knurled edge of the watch crown extends beyond the back of the clip. By moving said clip and attached members relative to a support during insertion or removal from the latter, the surface of the support engages the adjacent extended crown portion and causes rotation of the crown to actuate the watch. In the embodiment illustrated,i',the result of the actuation is the winding of the watch movement, but this could of course be lik'ewiseap: pliedv to alarm or like devices.

The particular construction described effects substantially automatic winding of the watch in removing or attaching, the elongated cylindrical implementor holder. In use, clips of the type described sometimes become loose or tend to spread away from the body of the pen. The location of the watch on the clip, however, .distributes the weight more evenlyabout the clip and thereby en.- sures nevertheless safe retention of the clip andits .associatedholder or article on a suitable support.

The weight of the watch at the same time serves to increase the heft of the writing implement. Additional weights heretofore incorporated into writing implements for this purpose are therefore unnecessary in view of the invention. Furthermore, the center of gravity of the writing implement may be located wherever desired by suitable positioning of the clip and the watch affixed thereto.

The watch is readily visible when the pencil is used for writing as well as when the pencil is carried in a pocket by the clip. The combination permits viewing of the watch without any special effort in the normal course of office work. As a result of the invention, a watch can be carried on the person without any non-functional parts such as a chain, strap, or fob. Furthermore, each element complements the other and the overall effect is a unit of enhanced appearance. The writing implement so ornamented is increased in usefulness, and the saleability of the combination is also increased because of the improved appearance and greater utility.

The clip is preferably constructed of resilient material, such as spring steel. In place of the ball point mechanism indicated in the drawing, other writing instruments such as a fountain pen or mechanical pencil may be used. Other clip-on objects such as pocket combs, slide rules, and like articles, may be similarly employed.

The crown of the watch may have the configuration of a sprocket wheel as shown, to provide greater contact with the surface of the pocket and to ensure rotation due to frictional engagement when displacing the clip with respect to the pocket. Alternatively, the crown may be composed of or coated with a layer of rubber or other like material which will increase the friction between said crown and said pocket and which will be less injurious to the pocket fabric than metal.

It can thus be seen that there has been provided, according to the invention, a writing implement, a watch casing attached to said implement by means of a spring clip, said clip having a portion spaced from said implement for insertion of a support between the rear of said clip and said implement, and a crown projecting laterally beyond said watch and beyond the rear of said clip, so that in movement of a support within said space between the rear of said clip and said implement the support engages said crown and rotates the same for actuating the watch.

Although one specific embodiment of the invention has been described and shown in the drawing, it should be noted that the invention may be realized in modified form and adaptations of the arrangements herein disclosed may be made, as may readily occur to persons skilled in the art without constituting a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the objects and in the appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is:

1. The combination of an elongated cylindrical holder, with a watch having a rotatable winding crown of a size to thereby project laterally beyond said watch, and a clip between said watch and said holder, whereby by means of said clip said holder and said watch may be secured to a support, so that in moving said clip together with said holder longitudinally of the latter along said support said crown is brought in contact with the support, thereby automatically winding said watch through rotation of said crown in one direction relative to said support.

2. The combination of an elongated holder having a front face, with a watch having a winding crown projecting laterally beyond said watch, and a clip fixed to said holder, said clip having a portion spaced from said holder and having a front face and a rear face for insertion of a support between the rear face of said clip and the adjacent front face of said holder, the periphery of said crown extending transversely of and beyond said rear face of said clip, so that upon longitudinal movement of a support between said rear face of said clip and said front face of said holder the support is brought into engagement with a portion of said periphery of said References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,286,424 Kirstein June 16, 1942 2,363,545 Morehead Nov. 28, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS 38,376 France Feb. 24, 1931 (1st addition to 694,509)

159,285 Germany Aug. 10, 1940 

